Preparations for our summer camp normally start months in advance beginning with registration, programming, enlisting the counselors and organizing the bussing from different locations both...Read more »

From March 13th - 16th, a group of 30 Israeli teenagers embarked on a Journey to engage with diversity and become closer together. The unique opportunity of this Journey rests in the fact that...Read more »

'Applying Virginia Satir's Model to creating mutual curiosity and developing partnership between Palestinian-Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel'
They are provisionally called Therapists for Peace,...Read more »

As in the past 24 years, we held our Summer Peace Camp in July for three weeks (1st to 22nd July). For Jews and Arabs to meet from an early age is absolutely essential if one is not to fall into the...Read more »

International Exchange Programs

Delegations of older OPEN HOUSE teens have traveled abroad over the past several summers, deepening friendships among themselves and fostering connections with their peers abroad. Summer 2007 – a youth delegation from Open House, five Jews and five Arabs, ages 17-18, traveled to Italy at the invitation of the Municipality of Padova to interact with the Scouts of that beautiful historic town. A loyal group of Italian Friends of Open House helped to arrange the visit.Summer 2002 – 18 Jewish, Muslim and Christian Teen Peacemakers from Open House Ramle traveled to the United States on August 1st through August 24th 2002. The trip was organized and hosted by Open House families and friends. The youths and their counselors stayed with their hosting families and were taken on educational trips regarding the United States history, focusing especially on racial relations and history.